Emelianenko (40-6, 1 NC) will challenge heavyweight champion Ryan Bader in a title rematch headlining Bellator 290 (9 p.m. ET, CBS) inside the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.

Semmy Schilt built a strong MMA record against top names before fully transitioning to kickboxing. His accomplishments ...

Fedor Emelianenko, the consensus greatest heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter ever, will fight for the final time Saturday for the Bellator heavyweight title at the Kia Forum.

Fedor Emelianenko says his bout at Bellator 290 will be his last, but unlike former UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, he knows he will never be able to leave the sport completely.

Fedor Emelianenko takes a photo with MMA pioneers after his loss to Ryan Bader. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) ...

Fedor Emelianenko. In the 25 year history of mixed martial arts, no other name brings up quite so much discussion as the legendary Russian fighter, and yet in 2019 – as unbelievable as this ...

In his MMA career alone, having fought the likes of Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett, Semmy Schilt collided with some heavy ...

Fedor Emelianenko made a major error that cost him dearly on June 26, 2010. The heavyweight legend put his epic 28-fight unbeaten streak on the line in the main event of a Strikeforce show in San ...

A retrospective after Fedor Emelianenko closes career after loss to Ryan Bader at Bellator 290 Emelianenko’s legend began back in 2000, when he made his professional MMA debut with RINGS.

Missed it by that much. Fedor Emelianenko defeated many of MMA's great heavyweights, including defending his Pride heavyweight championship against Mirko Cro Cop in 2005. Tomokazu Tazawa/Getty Images ...

In the end, Fedor Emelianenko would not only win the 2004 Pride FC Heavyweight tournament, he would unify the promotion's heavyweight belts never to lose those coveted titles.

Fedor Emelianenko was born in in 1976 in the present day Ukraine (which was then part of the Soviet Union). When he was two, his family moved to the Russian mining town of Stary Oskol.